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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? Nationally, the picture is a fine one. banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. bank and credit union, named the “ Top 15 community banks by commercial loan growth.”

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2015 Edition

Jeff For Banks

A summary of the banks, their stories, and links to their website are below. #1. Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. The bank was hammered with credit problems during the financial crisis, as Michigan's economy was hit pretty hard.

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Report Shows US Small Towns Lost 14 Pct Of Banks Between 2012-17

PYMNTS

More than 1,500 bank branches shuttered between 2012 and 2017, according to a recent Federal Reserve report. Allendale, South Carolina, a modest but previously healthy small town, has felt the economic pain of losing multiple bank branches.